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X graphics get a boost (NewsForge)
X graphics get a boost (NewsForge)
Posted Feb 7, 2006 20:43 UTC (Tue) by Quartz (guest, #35770)Parent article: X graphics get a boost (NewsForge)
So... just in case, this will cover any OpenGL-enabled card? nVidia and ATI? Anything else?
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X graphics get a boost (NewsForge)
Posted Feb 7, 2006 22:31 UTC (Tue) by elanthis (subscriber, #6227) [Link]
Xglx uses the OpenGL support of an existing X server. So, theoretically, if you have a card that can do OpenGL in X today, then you can use Xglx.
Note that Xglx requires that certain operations be accelerated which not all drivers currently do, although the popular ones are being fixed right now.